Scott Parkin will fly out of Oz to-day. He still does not know anything more of the reason for his detention and deportation than that he has received an adverse security assessment from ASIO. On Radio National Breakfast this morning, Julian Burnside QC said that Scott has a right to know. Burnside said that when you are locked up at your own expense at $134 per day plus GST and then deported, again paying your own air fare but also paying the air fares of two guards to the US - and, I am presuming, home again, there needs to be accountability.
Julian Burnside says that there is no suggestion that Scott broke the law or was violent. He says, and how can we not agree, that - when non-violent activism can get you kicked out of the country - there needs to be accountability from Ministers and Departments.
Farewell, Scott, and - as I have said previously - have a go at video conferencing via the net.
